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  1. Re:More boxes? on Gadgets of 2002 · · Score: 1

    I only now need a way to access the capability I have on my computer via a mobile device then im set.

  2. More boxes? on Gadgets of 2002 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I currently have everything I need going through my computer. Cable TV, local Radio, internet TV, internet radio, movies, audio, games, phone calls. Why would I want more boxes?

  3. Nice but.. on Quake 2 Source Code Released Under The GPL · · Score: 1

    Where is the DOCUMENTATION?

  4. Transmeta, where? on Via One-ups Transmeta · · Score: 1

    What devices is the Transmeta chips used in today or planning to be used? Just curious.

  5. Re:capping? on AT&T Caps Bandwidth On Former @Home Users · · Score: 1

    If they start capping ports like BT does, start using Socks proxies.

  6. capping? on AT&T Caps Bandwidth On Former @Home Users · · Score: 1

    Im not capped on my european ISP (i can get 1300 kbps inbound) :) and soon 10mbps flat rate :P

  7. Re:If it aint broke... on When Making a Comprehensive Retrofit of your Code... · · Score: 1

    Has anybody got links to real world stats on coding for things like bug introduction vs modification rates etc...

  8. Re:Playing with fire... on When Making a Comprehensive Retrofit of your Code... · · Score: 1

    Maybe the moderators (which seem to be on crack) should have to write an explaination for each moderation done to explain why they moderated that way. :)

  9. Re:Playing with fire... on When Making a Comprehensive Retrofit of your Code... · · Score: 1

    erm, how is this a troll?

  10. Playing with fire... on When Making a Comprehensive Retrofit of your Code... · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do you have the original engineers for that code?

    Most knowledge is in theyre head, not on paper unfortunately. Theyre experience in that area can never be written down.

  11. KISS on When Making a Comprehensive Retrofit of your Code... · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Keep It Simple Stupid. Keep code simple, why have funky lines of code that looks awe enspiring. Its pig ugly. I work on the principle of KISS. When I am working on a code area that is being cleaned up or fixed, I try to simplify that area. The simpler it is, the easier and quicker it is to maintain and bug hunt.

    Im a strong believer in managed code (whether its C# or Java, except managed extensions to c++ which are damn pig ugly :) Exception handling for seperating error handling from actual code that performs the actual work).

    Make sure there is GOOD in code documentation (and out of code documentation) to explain the intention of that code. (Intentional programming is a research area btw, to program ones intentions).

    You know when something is bad when you have to maintain that code later on, 6 months down the line or whenever. Thats when it bites you in the buttie.

  12. If it aint broke... on When Making a Comprehensive Retrofit of your Code... · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Dont break it.

    Seriously, yes I understand there are maintenance costs involved in maintaining old code but really, I believe the statistic is that for every 10 times uou modify a part of code, a new bug is introduced.

    How often is that code hit during a maintenance cycle? How problematic is that code?

  13. Environment suits on 802.11b Space Suits · · Score: 1

    They still use soft suits in space that makes the astronaughts require pressure adjustment before EVA. They need to start using hard suits. No pressure adaptation times before EVA.

    I believe NASA where researching new ideas that included hard suits.

  14. ePad on Philips Improves Electronic Paper · · Score: 1

    MS are working on the eBook concept, how would digital paper affect this? Competition or complement it?

  15. So finally.. on Philips Improves Electronic Paper · · Score: 1, Funny

    We can wipe our ass with the computer if it crashes again?`

  16. You can even download his songs too :) on Rendering Ultrasonic Imagery: The Sonic Flashlight · · Score: 1

    http://www.stetten.com/george/music/download.html

  17. Re:In regards to your sig on IBM (Offically) Launches Linux Box Clustering · · Score: 1

    Yeah but Windows came with DOS :)

  18. Beo.. nah.... on ATA133 Controllers Have Arrived · · Score: 2, Funny

    Imagine a RAID of those :)

  19. Wiring? on Another Plane Down in New York · · Score: 1

    Kapton wiring, its a hidden secret within the industry that Kapton wiring was BANNED by the military but is currently in use by commercial companies.

    And its also caused many incidents.

    http://www.iasf.net/kapton_wiring.htm
    http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2001-06- 14 -wiring.htm
    http://www.iasa.com.au/twaletter.html
    http://www.iasa.com.au/BOEINGFISR.html

  20. Heh on Open Source Course for Managers? · · Score: 1

    and what about a "Managers" course for "Open Source" :D

  21. Just a thought on RIAA, Music Unions Agree On Payments For Digital Play · · Score: 0

    Sure, I know everybody (or at least alot of people) hates the RIAA, but one good thing has happened. The realisation of digital music delivered over a digital medium to us.

    Pitty it took such a long time and they changed the hard way.

  22. What if... on Federal Computers Fail Hacker Test · · Score: 1

    What would you do if some group offered you to perform some hacking job for a silly amount of money and you needed that money for survival (food, etc). Would you choose morals over survival if the hacking job didnt harm lives and was just some sort of DoS.

    If it involved lives im sure morals would win in the majority of cases.

    But what if...

  23. Developers developers developers on Microsoft Microsoft Microsoft · · Score: 1

    *dances around like an ape in search of some deo rollon*

  24. Great on Text-to-Speech on a Low-Power Chip · · Score: 1

    A CPU that TELLS you when its time to upgrade :D

  25. Re:Errm slight problem with this as a UT environme on Virtual Reality With Unreal Tournament · · Score: 1

    More info on Zorbing :) erm UT in a sphere :D

    http://www.zorb.com/video_main.htm

    Quite cool :)
    Wooaaaahhh Wooaaaahhh Wooaaaahhh FRAG!